Music Trade Review
Issue: 1917 Vol. 64 N. 17 - Page 67
Music Trade Review -- © mbsi.org, arcade-museum.com -- digitized with support from namm.org
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
HEATING LUMBEITBEFORE GLUING
Slightly Warm Wood Will Work With Glue
Better Than Material That Is Cold
There are a few things that everybody should
remember. One of them is that it is possible
to have too much of a good things another is
that it is possible to go to extremes in almost
everything. The world has reached its present
state of development along moderate, not ex-
treme, lines. It is only by being moderate that
progress can be made. When we become ex-
treme we throw things out of balance, and the
last state becomes worse than the first, says
Parker Penrose in Veneers.
When a man is told that it is a good thing
to warm wood before gluing, it is, of course,
meant that he should do it moderately. But
there are those who think that if a little heat is
good a whole lot more would be just that much
better; and they heat it as hot as possible with
the facilities at hand. These men go to an ex-
treme, throw the whole thing out of balance
and defeat the very object they have in view.
Warming wood slightly before gluing brings
it into conformity with the temperature of the
glue. It also slightly opens the pores and gives
the glue a better chance to enter and take a
firm hold. The cooling of the wood and glue,
and the hardening of the latter, progress uni-
formly under these conditions, because there is
the proper balance. But where the wood has
been heated hot, the pores are unduly expanded
and the wood rapidly sucks the moisture from
the glue, leaving it too dry to successfully re-
sist the burning effect of the wood. Remember
that the effect of the heat is intensified greatly
when the glue is under pressure. The result is
that the glue becomes hard and brittle, and at
the first strain gives way and the joint comes
open—all because things were thrown out of
balance.
At no time should the stock be heated to a
higher temperature than 95 degrees F. It is
not necessary to heat properly kiln-dried stock
nearly that much, as a temperature of 70 degrees
will give splendid results. In fact, if the stock
63
is well dried and properly cured afterward, and
the rooms in which the stock is kept and the
work is done never reach a lower temperature
than 70 degrees, it is quite safe to do the glu-
ing without heating the wood. But this can
only be done in the winter time, remember,
where the factories are well heated day and
night. Of course, it is not neecssary to heat
the whole factory for this purpose.
If the
curing room and the glue room are thus heated,
all the requirements in this respect are met.
And when you're satisfied
that we've the best punch-
ings on the market, cut
clean and accurately from
the best of material in cellu-
loid, cloth, felt, fibre,
leather, paper, rubber or
whatever you want, give
us credit and send your
orders to
PATENT CONTROVERSY SETTLEMENT
The Standard Varnish Works, New York, and
the Wenborne-Karpen Dryer Co., Chicago, have
adjusted their differences arising from patent
matters concerning apparatus and processes for
the drying of varnish.
An agreement just concluded between the two
concerns provides for a settlement by the
Standard Varnish Works for drying rooms here-
tofore installed by it and its subsidiary com-
panies, and for the installation of drying rooms
and enameling ovens to be made or authorized
by it in the future.
Similar settlements have previously been made
by other manufacturers, among them the Pack-
ard Motor Car Co. and the Cadillac Motor Car
Co., both of Detroit.
The Wenborne-Karpen Dryer Co. announces
that it will continue its policy of making its
patents available to everybody, as heretofore,
subject to a moderate license fee, with exclusive
privileges to no one.
EFFICIENCY INJTHE FACTORY
Every veneer room of any size and importance
should have a man who is capable of taking the
foreman's place if for any reason-the latter can-
not be on the job. In fact, such a condition
should exist in every department and should be
a part of the internal economy of the factory.
The arrangement should not be for the purpose
of holding the assistant as a club over the head
of the foreman, but should be for the purpose
of continuous efficiency.
The veneer room is an important part of an
GFGOEPEL*C0
137 E A S T I3 T -* ST.
NEW YORK
up-to-date piano or furniture factory, and it
should be kept at the highest point of efficiency
at all times. To make this a success there must
be absolute confidence between the management
and the foreman and assistant. Each must un-
derstand that he has nothing to fear from the
other. When both the foreman and his assist-
ant are good men and neither has anything to
fear from the other or from the management,
and their only thought is for good work, then
one can realize that efficiency is achieved.
The Ohio Veneer Co.
CINCINNATI, O.
Importers and Manufacturers of Figured
Mahogany and Foreign Woods for high-
grade piano cases and cabinets.
GEO. W. BRAUNSDORF, Inc.
m
New York Office and Sample Room
Manufacturers of
PAPER, FELT AND CLOTH PUNCHINGS
BRIDLE STRAPS, FIBRE WASHERS AND BRIDGES
FOR PIANOS, ORGANS AND PLAYER ACTIONS
Grand Central Palace Bldg.
Lexington Ave. and 46th St.
__
G. H. VAUGHAN, Eastern Representative
Office and Factory: 422430 East 53d Street, New York i l l
T H E COMSTOCK, C H E N E Y & CO., IV0RYT0N ' C0NN
^MANUFACTURERS;
Piano-forte Ivory Keys, Actions and Hammers,
Ivory and Composition Covered Organ Keys
Established 1853
CRUBB & KOSEGARTEN BROS.
Manufacturers ol HIGH GRADE
PIANO-FORTE ACTIONS
NASSAU. Rensselaer County. N. Y.
THE STANDARD CO.,
TORRINGTON,
CONN.
SYLVESTER TOWER CO.
rs G r a n d
Towers Above
All Others
r
a n d Upright Piano-forte Actions £S?St£S; 2gR
Keys, Actions, Hammers, Bracket* and Nickel Rail Furnished Complete
131 t o 147 B r o a d w a y
.
.
.
CAMBRIDGEPORT, MASS.
WESSELL, NICKEL & GROSS
MANUFACTURERS
OF
Manufacturers of a
Complete Line of Piano Action Hardware
Brass Flanges, Damper Rods, Special Capstan Screws,
Bracket and Ball Bolts, Key Pins, Regulating Brackets
and Specialties.
WHITE, SON COMPANY
Manufacturers
ORGAN
AND PLAYER-PIANO BOSTON,
LEATHERS
MASS.
S30-540 ATLANTIC AVENUE
PIANO
ACTIONS
HIGHEST GRADE
ONE GRADE ONLY
OFFICE
457 WEST FORTY-FIFTH ST.
E MARKj
FACTORIES—WEST FORTY-FIFTH ST.
Tenth Avenue and West Forty-Sixth Street
NEW YORK
A. C. CHENEY PIANO ACTION CO.
M A n ..ffo.««*o M
«f J PNEUMATIC ACTIONS FOR PLAYER-PIANOS
Manufacturers of -j HIGH-GRADE PIANOFORTE ACTIONS
CASTLETON, NEW YORK
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
HEATING LUMBEITBEFORE GLUING
Slightly Warm Wood Will Work With Glue
Better Than Material That Is Cold
There are a few things that everybody should
remember. One of them is that it is possible
to have too much of a good things another is
that it is possible to go to extremes in almost
everything. The world has reached its present
state of development along moderate, not ex-
treme, lines. It is only by being moderate that
progress can be made. When we become ex-
treme we throw things out of balance, and the
last state becomes worse than the first, says
Parker Penrose in Veneers.
When a man is told that it is a good thing
to warm wood before gluing, it is, of course,
meant that he should do it moderately. But
there are those who think that if a little heat is
good a whole lot more would be just that much
better; and they heat it as hot as possible with
the facilities at hand. These men go to an ex-
treme, throw the whole thing out of balance
and defeat the very object they have in view.
Warming wood slightly before gluing brings
it into conformity with the temperature of the
glue. It also slightly opens the pores and gives
the glue a better chance to enter and take a
firm hold. The cooling of the wood and glue,
and the hardening of the latter, progress uni-
formly under these conditions, because there is
the proper balance. But where the wood has
been heated hot, the pores are unduly expanded
and the wood rapidly sucks the moisture from
the glue, leaving it too dry to successfully re-
sist the burning effect of the wood. Remember
that the effect of the heat is intensified greatly
when the glue is under pressure. The result is
that the glue becomes hard and brittle, and at
the first strain gives way and the joint comes
open—all because things were thrown out of
balance.
At no time should the stock be heated to a
higher temperature than 95 degrees F. It is
not necessary to heat properly kiln-dried stock
nearly that much, as a temperature of 70 degrees
will give splendid results. In fact, if the stock
63
is well dried and properly cured afterward, and
the rooms in which the stock is kept and the
work is done never reach a lower temperature
than 70 degrees, it is quite safe to do the glu-
ing without heating the wood. But this can
only be done in the winter time, remember,
where the factories are well heated day and
night. Of course, it is not neecssary to heat
the whole factory for this purpose.
If the
curing room and the glue room are thus heated,
all the requirements in this respect are met.
And when you're satisfied
that we've the best punch-
ings on the market, cut
clean and accurately from
the best of material in cellu-
loid, cloth, felt, fibre,
leather, paper, rubber or
whatever you want, give
us credit and send your
orders to
PATENT CONTROVERSY SETTLEMENT
The Standard Varnish Works, New York, and
the Wenborne-Karpen Dryer Co., Chicago, have
adjusted their differences arising from patent
matters concerning apparatus and processes for
the drying of varnish.
An agreement just concluded between the two
concerns provides for a settlement by the
Standard Varnish Works for drying rooms here-
tofore installed by it and its subsidiary com-
panies, and for the installation of drying rooms
and enameling ovens to be made or authorized
by it in the future.
Similar settlements have previously been made
by other manufacturers, among them the Pack-
ard Motor Car Co. and the Cadillac Motor Car
Co., both of Detroit.
The Wenborne-Karpen Dryer Co. announces
that it will continue its policy of making its
patents available to everybody, as heretofore,
subject to a moderate license fee, with exclusive
privileges to no one.
EFFICIENCY INJTHE FACTORY
Every veneer room of any size and importance
should have a man who is capable of taking the
foreman's place if for any reason-the latter can-
not be on the job. In fact, such a condition
should exist in every department and should be
a part of the internal economy of the factory.
The arrangement should not be for the purpose
of holding the assistant as a club over the head
of the foreman, but should be for the purpose
of continuous efficiency.
The veneer room is an important part of an
GFGOEPEL*C0
137 E A S T I3 T -* ST.
NEW YORK
up-to-date piano or furniture factory, and it
should be kept at the highest point of efficiency
at all times. To make this a success there must
be absolute confidence between the management
and the foreman and assistant. Each must un-
derstand that he has nothing to fear from the
other. When both the foreman and his assist-
ant are good men and neither has anything to
fear from the other or from the management,
and their only thought is for good work, then
one can realize that efficiency is achieved.
The Ohio Veneer Co.
CINCINNATI, O.
Importers and Manufacturers of Figured
Mahogany and Foreign Woods for high-
grade piano cases and cabinets.
GEO. W. BRAUNSDORF, Inc.
m
New York Office and Sample Room
Manufacturers of
PAPER, FELT AND CLOTH PUNCHINGS
BRIDLE STRAPS, FIBRE WASHERS AND BRIDGES
FOR PIANOS, ORGANS AND PLAYER ACTIONS
Grand Central Palace Bldg.
Lexington Ave. and 46th St.
__
G. H. VAUGHAN, Eastern Representative
Office and Factory: 422430 East 53d Street, New York i l l
T H E COMSTOCK, C H E N E Y & CO., IV0RYT0N ' C0NN
^MANUFACTURERS;
Piano-forte Ivory Keys, Actions and Hammers,
Ivory and Composition Covered Organ Keys
Established 1853
CRUBB & KOSEGARTEN BROS.
Manufacturers ol HIGH GRADE
PIANO-FORTE ACTIONS
NASSAU. Rensselaer County. N. Y.
THE STANDARD CO.,
TORRINGTON,
CONN.
SYLVESTER TOWER CO.
rs G r a n d
Towers Above
All Others
r
a n d Upright Piano-forte Actions £S?St£S; 2gR
Keys, Actions, Hammers, Bracket* and Nickel Rail Furnished Complete
131 t o 147 B r o a d w a y
.
.
.
CAMBRIDGEPORT, MASS.
WESSELL, NICKEL & GROSS
MANUFACTURERS
OF
Manufacturers of a
Complete Line of Piano Action Hardware
Brass Flanges, Damper Rods, Special Capstan Screws,
Bracket and Ball Bolts, Key Pins, Regulating Brackets
and Specialties.
WHITE, SON COMPANY
Manufacturers
ORGAN
AND PLAYER-PIANO BOSTON,
LEATHERS
MASS.
S30-540 ATLANTIC AVENUE
PIANO
ACTIONS
HIGHEST GRADE
ONE GRADE ONLY
OFFICE
457 WEST FORTY-FIFTH ST.
E MARKj
FACTORIES—WEST FORTY-FIFTH ST.
Tenth Avenue and West Forty-Sixth Street
NEW YORK
A. C. CHENEY PIANO ACTION CO.
M A n ..ffo.««*o M
«f J PNEUMATIC ACTIONS FOR PLAYER-PIANOS
Manufacturers of -j HIGH-GRADE PIANOFORTE ACTIONS
CASTLETON, NEW YORK
Future scanning projects are planned by the International Arcade Museum Library (IAML).